> "Seems like there's a new language popping up every few weeks" Crystal was started like 5 years ago. > "the trend in human languages seems to be towards a s

> "Seems like there's a new language popping up every few weeks" Crystal was started like 5 years ago. > "the trend in human languages seems to be towards a single common tongue" One of the clear goals of the creator was to make it as similar to Ruby as possible; the creator was striving for some kind of "common tongue", no doubt. Its not some strange eccentric new language.